The Visual and Performing Arts department at Raritan Valley
Community College (RVCC) will present the Faculty-Student Dance
Concert, Wednesday and Thursday, December 5 and 6, at 8 p.m. The
event will be held in the Nash Theatre at the College?s North
Branch Campus. The concert is coordinated by Loretta Di Bianca Fois
of Branchburg, the head of RVCC?s dance program.

The concert is the culmination of the semester?s work in the
Modern Dance, Ballet, Jazz and Choreography classes offered at
Raritan Valley Community College, with over 100 students performing
in original dances choreographed by both RVCC faculty and students.
The concert features students from beginning levels to
semi-professional and will include a variety of dance styles,
including ballet, modern and jazz. Musical accompaniment will range
from classical to country.

The concert features choreography by guest artist Claire Porter
of Teaneck. Elizabeth Zimmer of
The Village Voice
has called the award-winning choreographer ?a master at combining
words and movement,? and
Dance Magazine
refers to her pieces as ?exquisitely crafted yet accessible little
gems.?

In addition, RVCC faculty member Jane Setteducato of
Stewartsville will perform her new work, ?Listen, pause,
replay...,? with a small group of RVCC students. ?Listen? explores
interrupted conversations, half-expressed thoughts and unfulfilled
needs. Working with spoken word and Bach solo cello suites, the
dancers present a variety of movements. Setteducato has performed
throughout Europe and with Meredith Monk and Elisabeth Streb, and
Ringside, among others. She has an MFA in Choreography from
Bennington College and a BA in Dance from Adelphi University.

General admission tickets cost $10 in advance ($12 at the door).
Tickets for students, faculty and seniors cost $5 in advance ($7.50
at the door). For tickets, call 908-725-3420. For more information,
call 908-218-8876.

RVCC, located on Route 28 and Lamington Road in North Branch,
NJ, and serving Somerset and Hunterdon County residents for close
to 40 years, offers more than 80 associate degrees and
certificates. For further information, visit
www.raritanval.edu
.